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First record of Haminoea cyanomarginata (Gastropoda: Haminoeidae) in the Italian seas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Fabio Crocetta  and
Angelo Vazzana
Fabio Crocetta*
Affiliation:
Via D. Fontana, 81–80128 Napoli, Italy
Angelo Vazzana
Affiliation:
Museo di Biologia Marina e Paleontologia di Reggio Calabria, Via Stradella Giuffrè I, n. 32–89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Fabio Crocetta, Via D. Fontana, 81-80128 Napoli, Italy email: fabiocrocetta@alice.it
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Abstract

The opening of the sea level Suez Canal in 1869 and the increase in commercial shipping routes have led to the colonization of the Mediterranean Sea by Indo-Pacific species. These populations established first along the Levantine coasts and then spread into the central Mediterranean, at least in part by shipping transport of larvae, juveniles or adult specimens. One of these species is Haminoea cyanomarginata, a cephalaspidean belonging to the Haminoeidae, and until now never reported from the Italian seas. In addition, egg-masses of this species have been recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea.

Keywords

Molluscaalien speciesMediterranean SeaIonian SeaHaminoea cyanomarginata
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e11
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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